PEORIA, Ill. — A fire that heavily damaged a Peoria home Tuesday night is being treated as a possible arson.
Firefighters were called around 9:15 p.m. to NE Monroe, between Park and Camblin Avenues.
Heavy smoke and fire in the back of the home spread to the kitchen and the attic, according to Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada.
No one was inside the home. Rada said it had been vacant for “quite some time.”
A fire investigator on-scene concluded someone tried to set the house on fire.
It took crews almost two hours to get the fire under control. It took several hours to fully extinguish it.
Damage was estimated at $50,000.
